Wow! I had a mild premonition that someone-- most likely ++, though--
would post just that (see the 'Try This' thread).
Isn't that something?
Well I really did-- both the premo, as well as the unusual architecture
in my sleep-dream...
It was of an old, dilapidated, partially gutted multi-story urban
near-heritage highrise. with the iron girder posts and beams
shabbily-exposed...
I went (flew?) in, and walked about 3 or four rooms into its bowels,
when it suddenly opened up into a stone-cathedral-ceilinged
shopping-mall with multi-storied walkways around its perimeter. I also
managed to float somewhat toward its ceiling (I seem to be having many
dreams where I'm sort of flying/floating) to get a closer look at it.
Do androids dream of electric sheep? Do architects/architectural
designers dream of novel forms of architecture?

I've dreamed about ruins seen from a sky view distance that when closer
revealed themselves to be illusions of ruins on landscaping artfully
painted trompe d'oeille upon other structures.
http://oshawadailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/01/mural-named-trompedoille.html
ceiling in the Dolmabahche Palace:
http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/60591141
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Trompe_20l_27oeil_20hole_20in_20floor_20or_20sidewalk
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe-l'%C5%93il

Yes. Usually cinematic wide screen type landscapes, but sometimes tight
urban spaces. Often the same landscape is the setting for numerous dreams
over many years, sort of like the back lots of Hollywood.

I recall travelling (for real) through Montana and remarking about
it's "big sky" kind of landscapes that I'd heard about (I think it was
Montana anyway).
It was certainly a "big sky" feel that I got-- at least where we
happened to set down for the evening... When we stopped for our nice
motel that looked more like a mountain chalet, the land and sky all
around us seemed to stretch further out than expected-- almost as
though viewing it through some kind of telephoto lense-- probably by
virtue of the mountainous punctuations closeby, and in the distance,
where, as fortune would have it, there were also a number of
thunderstorms here and there and in the distance, with the slowly
setting sun shining through the clouds where it could to add to the
drama. Quite the sight and mood it gave!

I've also had more than one dream with the same or similar landscapes.
One landscape in particular that I rememeber was similar to a real and
familiar one, while others seemed completely foreign.

Yeah, I can relate to that. I get verty vivid dreams, complete with
smells, and orchestral scores! It can get quite bizarre.
But th eplaces are orderly - when movies try to do dream sequences, they
often make things out of proportion, or change the proportions - I don't
get that at all.
THe buildings are usually modern, tho'. No castles, never any "haunted
mansion" things. No alien landscapes, either. Just wild stuff going on in
every-day buildings and places.

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